Table 6 Nature of gene action of 46 (36 crosses, 9 parents and one check) Solanum melongena Lgenotypes.
Sl. No. | Characters | GCA variance (σ2g) | SCAvariance (σ2s) | Potence ratio GCA/SCA (σ2g/ σ2s) variance | Nature of gene action |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Plant height at peak fruiting stage | 24.69 | 72.61 | 0.34 | Non-additive |
2 | Plant height at final harvest stage | 31.72 | 74.00 | 0.43 | Non-additive |
3 | Plant spread | 54.61 | 98.90 | 0.55 | Non-additive |
4 | Primary branches plant–1 | 0.16 | 0.48 | 0.33 | Non-additive |
5 | Days to 1st flowering | 3.65 | 18.56 | 0.20 | Non-additive |
6 | Days to 50% flowering | 3.73 | 35.39 | 0.11 | Non-additive |
7 | Flowers cluster–1 | 0.20 | 0.30 | 0.68 | Non-additive |
8 | Fruit length | 2.56 | 2.18 | 1.18 | Additive |
9 | Fruit breadth | 3.11 | 6.70 | 0.46 | Non-additive |
10 | Average fruit weight | 512.39 | 2031.06 | 0.25 | Non-additive |
11 | Fruits plant–1 | 3.19 | 8.25 | 0.39 | Non-additive |
12 | Bacterial wilt % 90 DAT | 5.80 | 5.84 | 0.99 | Non-additive |
13 | Total fruit yield plant–1 | 35412.06 | 223806.86 | 0.16 | Non-additive |
